{"id":36713,"date":"2019-11-10T18:56:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T18:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=36713"},"modified":"2019-12-02T20:11:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T20:11:18","slug":"dunnet-head-to-durness-the-nc500-by-motorhome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/dunnet-head-to-durness-the-nc500-by-motorhome\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunnet Head to Durness – The NC500 by Motorhome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Zagan the motorhome is glad that we don’t use film in our cameras these days, as he would be weighted down by the sheer number required for this stretch of our tour of the NC500 by motorhome. We’ve driven from Dunnet Head to Durness and as we took soooo many photos, I’ll let them tell the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Warming
We were up before dawn to enable us to drive to Thurso and join in the Parkrun there. It’s the most northerly Parkrun on the UK mainland – here’s Jay warming up for it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Thurso
Parkruns in Scotland start at 9.30am, or, as in this case, once they have de-iced and gritted the route! Good job they did as there was lots of black ice. It was great having a chat with a local teacher as I ran round – Jay came second so I think he kept his talking to after the finish!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"NC500
After the Parkrun, it was time to hit the NC500 and drive from Thurso to Durness. The road started out mainly straight…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"NC500
then we got some curvy bits…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"NC500
before it went to a single track with passing places and full on wiggles! The autumn colours made the scenery around us just stunning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Rush
As soon as we got to single track, we hit rush hour! Seriously though we probably saw more sheep on the road than vehicles – a big advantage to doing the NC500 out of season (that and the lack of midgies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Motorhome
We stopped for lunch on a causeway over the Kyle of Tongue – and looked out over the snow capped mountains.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Motorhome
A jetty leading into the Kyle of Tongue and more snow covered mountains (pointy ones this time), we couldn’t think of a better lunch spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Lock
Reaching Loch Eriboll we pulled over to take in the view (and read the information board)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Lock
Loch Eriboll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving down the East side of the Loch a rainbow appeared. That can only mean one thing…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Lock
as we drove back up the West side, the heavens opened.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Lock
Luckily every passing place had a pot of gold in it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Traigh
Nearing Durness we started to glimpse the beautiful beaches we’d heard about in this part of Scotland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Hymer
So you can imagine how happy we were to park up at Sango Sands Campsite and have a view like this out of our windscreen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Motorhome
Sango Sands Campsite in Durness (N58.56964, W4.74177<\/a>) is officially closed, but for \u00a39 a night you can use it like an aire. You have a pitch, use of the service point and electric hook-up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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